Poetry Terms

Front

The way a poem is laid out on the page

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Form

Front

A group of lines in a poem is called

Back

Stanza

Front

It was July, and the sun toasted the emerald grass until it smelled of warmth and green and life.
It was July, and my heart soaked up the air warmth until it sang of joy and love and life.
How many stanzas in the poem above?

Back

2 stanzas

Front

It was July, and the sun toasted the emerald grass until it smelled of warmth and green and life.
It was July, and my heart soaked up the air warmth until it sang of joy and love and life.
How many lines in the poem above?

Back

8 lines

Front

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood is called

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Alliteration

Front

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables is called

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Rhythm

Front

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound is called

Back

Rhyme

Front

A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as" is called

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Simile

Front

A figure of speech that offers an exaggerated or extravagant statement (that is not meant to be taken literally) in order to highlight a point is called

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Hyperbole

Front

A figure of speech that gives human-like characteristics to an abstract idea or non-human thing is called

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Personification